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Industry welcomes grandfathering extension

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... changes is significant, so adequate time for implementation is particularly important." Fox noted that with FoFA and My Super legislation coming in this week and the Tax Agent Services Act on the horizon, "the financial advice industry faces a very challenging ...

WA Local Super gets MySuper licence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... billion and more than 43,000 members. "After many months of planning, receiving approval from APRA to begin offering our My Super product acknowledges that WA Local Super is leading the way in the Western Australian Superannuation industry," WA Local ...

MySuper perceived as re-badging exercise

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... with the fund," said Stevens. In the retail super sector there are some interesting product innovations that align the My Super product with direct-to-client web delivery channels, he said. Bravura said that its flagship superannuation admin solution ...

netwealth unbundles super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... distribution margin. It may in fact be the precursor to low-cost platforms going direct to market. "The introduction of My Super will see an increased focus on direct offerings and scaled advice tools and services for advisers and also direct to members," ...

Insult me, insult you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
Arrrgh! Doesn't this unending Greco-German tragedy make you just wanna tear your hair - strand by strand - from its roots? Yes, you, yes, yes you, Virginia. For I still like to keep the very few ones remaining loyal to my scalp. And if not for its potential ...

Default super inquiry receives positive response

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... Treasurer Mathias Cormann also said the process shouldn't take as long as eight months. "The government should also amend its My Super legislation currently before the Parliament to allow any eligible My Super product to compete freely in the default ...

MySuper regulations fundamentally flawed

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
Industry concerns have arisen over pricing structures and fee levels under the proposed My Super legislation, with calls for the government to allow differential pricing. "Lifecycle strategies that shift a higher weight to fixed income as a member nears ...

Towers Watson grows team after benefiting from super mergers

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... Watson Australia. Miller expects the pace of mergers to slow down during the next twelve months, although the outcomes of My Super and the Cooper Review could prove decisive. Towers Watson aims to add around two large clients per year and has successfully ...

Bendigo aims to empower planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... commission free basis, as well as 50 customer facing staff and $4 billion in funds under management. "We're supporters of My Super because we have financial advisers that aren't incentivised to place our clients into any particular product or investment. ...

Hunter Hall launches two equity funds

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... investments. "If the Australian dollar collapses then I'd like to get the benefits of it, I would want the protection against my super funds but we're saying to financial advisers, 'you know your clients best, you decide if they need to hedge against ...